"study, critique, condemn and adore her homeland (recent work includes ""Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood"", 2004). Martin Boyd (1893–1972) was a distinguished memoirist, novelist and poet, whose works included social comedies and the serious reflections of a pacifist faced with a time of war. Among his Langton series of novels—""The Cardboard Crown"" (1952), ""A Difficult Young Man"" (1955), ""Outbreak of Love"" (1957)—earned high praise in Britain and the United States, though despite their Australian themes, were largely ignored in Australia. Patrick White (1912–1990) became the first Australian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973"
"Patrick White Patrick Victor Martindale White (28 May 191230 September 1990) was an Australian writer who, from 1935 to 1987, published 12 novels, three short-story collections and eight plays. White's fiction employs humour, florid prose, shifting narrative vantage points and a stream of consciousness technique. In 1973, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, ""for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature"", as it says in the Swedish Academy's citation, the first and so far only Australian to have been awarded the prize. White was also the inaugural recipient of the Miles"
"too much, and it would embarrass me to be held up to the world as an Australian writer when, apart from the accident of blood, I feel I am temperamentally a cosmopolitan Londoner"". Nevertheless, in 1973, White did accept the Nobel Prize ""for an epic and psychological narrative art, which has introduced a new continent into literature"". His cause was said to have been championed by a Scandinavian diplomat resident in Australia. White enlisted Nolan to travel to Stockholm to accept the prize on his behalf. The award had an immediate impact on his career, as his publisher doubled the"
"won in (1973). Other noteworthy Australian writers at the end of this period are poet Les Murray, and novelist Peter Carey (born 1943), who is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice. Major Canadian novelists include Carol Shields, Lawrence Hill, Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro. Carol Shields novel ""The Stone Diaries"" won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and another novel, ""Larry's Party"", won the Orange Prize in 1998. Lawrence Hill's ""Book of Negroes"" won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best Book Award, while Alice Munro became the first Canadian to win the Nobel"
"poem ""Waltzing Matilda"" (1895) is regarded as Australia's unofficial national anthem. Miles Franklin is the namesake of Australia's most prestigious literary prize, awarded annually to the best novel about Australian life. Its first recipient, Patrick White, went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973. Australian winners of the Booker Prize include Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally and Richard Flanagan. Author David Malouf, playwright David Williamson and poet Les Murray are also renowned literary figures. Many of Australia's performing arts companies receive funding through the federal government's Australia Council. There is a symphony orchestra in each state, and a"
"of the Nobel Prize for literature. Patrick White was remarkable not only for his international recognition, but for his originality for the time in his portrayal and pride in the Australian way of life, Australian landscape and Australian history that in the words of the Nobel Prize citation introduced a ""new continent"" to world literature, as well as a new perspective on national identity for many Australians. The house, interiors and gardens provide a rare and remarkably intact record of the writing environment, lifestyle, inspiration, tastes, activities and interests of Patrick White at the peak of his career from 1964"
"The Tree of Man The Tree of Man is the fourth published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It is a domestic drama chronicling the lives of the Parker family and their changing fortunes over many decades. It is steeped in Australian folklore and cultural myth, and is recognised as the author's attempt to infuse the idiosyncratic way of life in the remote Australian bush with some sense of the cultural traditions and ideologies that the epic history of Western civilisation has bequeathed to Australian society in general. ""When we came to live [in Castle"
"the tragedy of humanity."" In the ""Times"" one day later, Orville Prescott called it ""the finest novel I have read so far in 1955, a majestic and impressive work of genuine art that digs more deeply into the universal experience of human living than all save a few great books."" The Tree of Man The Tree of Man is the fourth published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It is a domestic drama chronicling the lives of the Parker family and their changing fortunes over many decades. It is steeped in Australian folklore and cultural"
"The Eye of the Storm (novel) The Eye of the Storm is the ninth published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It tells the story of Elizabeth Hunter, the powerful matriarch of her family, who still maintains a destructive iron grip on those who come to say farewell to her in her final moments upon her deathbed. It is regarded as one of White's best novels, largely owing to the reputation it received from the Swedish Academy when they specifically named it as the book that confirmed White's designation as a Literature Laureate. A film"
"the growing international status of Patrick White, which culminated in the award of the first Nobel Prize for literature to an Australian to Patrick White in 1973. The publication and success of most of Patrick White's major novels also coincided with the increasing professionalism of the study of Australian literature in Australia and internationally. For example, the first chair of Australian Literature was established at Sydney University in 1962 and the first specialist academic journal ""Australian Literary Studies"" began publication in 1963. (Elizabeth Webby 1996). Patrick White was also remarkable in the development of Australian literature not only for his"
"Award twice, in 1986 and again in 1994. The novel, ""What I Have Written"", has been filmed from his own screenplay and he has been translated into French, German and Slovenian. He has taught in the Faculty of Creative Arts at Wollongong University but now writes full-time. Poetry Novels John A. Scott John Alan Scott (who has published under the names John A. Scott and John Scott) (born 23 April 1948) is an English-Australian poet, novelist and academic. Scott was born in Littlehampton in Sussex, England, migrating to Australia during his childhood and residing mainly in Melbourne since 1959. He"
"as ""Homicide"" developed strong local loyalty while ""Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"" became a global phenomenon. Liberal Prime Minister John Gorton, a battle scarred former fighter pilot who described himself as ""Australian to the bootheels"", established the Australian Council for the Arts, the Australian Film Development Corporation and the National Film and Television Training School. The iconic Sydney Opera House opened in 1973. In the same year, Patrick White became the first Australian to win a Nobel Prize for Literature. Australian History had begun to appear on school curricula by the 1970s. From the early 1970s, the Australian cinema began to"
"always find it irritating that only six Australians seem to have liked it."" The Aunt's Story The Aunt's Story is the third published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. It tells the story of Theodora Goodman, a lonely middle-aged woman who travels to France after the death of her mother, and then to America, where she experiences what is either a gradual mental breakdown or an epiphanic revelation. Although the novel was shunned by critics and the reading public upon its initial publication in 1948, White himself expressed a personal fondness for it: ""It is"
"J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee (born 9 February 1940) is a South African-born novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He relocated to Australia in 2002 and lives in Adelaide. He became an Australian citizen in 2006. In 2013, Richard Poplak of the ""Daily Maverick"" described Coetzee as ""inarguably the most celebrated and decorated living English-language author"". Before receiving the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, Coetzee was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, CNA Prize (thrice), the Prix Femina étranger, ""The Irish Times"" International Fiction Prize and the Booker Prize (twice), among other accolades. He"
"for her 1901 novel ""My Brilliant Career"", is the Miles Franklin Award, which is ""presented each year to a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases"". Patrick White won the inaugural award for ""Voss"" in 1957; he went on to win the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature. Peter Carey, Thomas Keneally and Richard Flanagan are recipients of the Man Booker Prize. Other acclaimed Australian authors include Colleen McCullough, Nevil Shute, Tim Winton, Ruth Park and Morris West. Helen Garner's 1977 novel ""Monkey Grip"" is widely considered one of Australia's first"
"Foundation to mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, class and sexuality by an Australian writer. The Award was launched at the 68th World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon Four) in Melbourne in September 2010. A collection of archival material relating to Norma Hemming, including several of her letters, is held in the Special Collections in the University of Western Australia Library. Norma K. Hemming Norma Kathleen Hemming (born September 1928 in Ilford, Essex, London, England – d. 4 July 1960 in Melbourne, Australia) was a British-Australian writer of science fiction and romance novels. She was Australia's first"
"A Fringe of Leaves A Fringe of Leaves is the tenth published novel by the Australian novelist and 1973 Nobel Prize-winner, Patrick White. A young Cornish woman, Mrs Ellen Roxburgh, travels to the Australian colonies in the early 1830s with her much older husband, Austin, to visit Austin's brother Garnet Roxburgh. After witnessing the brutalities of Van Diemens Land, the Roxburghs embark on their return trip to England on ""The Bristol Maid"". However, the ship runs aground on the coral reef off Fraser Island on the coast of what is now Queensland. Ellen is the only survivor from the leaky"
"Laurie Duggan Laurence ""Laurie"" James Duggan (born 1949) is an Australian poet, editor, and translator. Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Scott. Both he and Scott won the Poetry Society of Australia Prize (Scott 1970, Duggan 1971). He moved to Sydney in 1972 and became involved with the poetry scene there, in particular with John Tranter, John Forbes, Ken Bolton and Pam Brown. Duggan lectured at Swinburne College ( 1976) and Canberra College of Advanced Education (1983). His poetry grows out of contemplation of moments"
"Shirley Hazzard Shirley Hazzard (30 January 1931 – 12 December 2016) was an Australian-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. She was born in Australia and also held United States citizenship. Hazzard's 1970 novel, ""The Bay of Noon"", was shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010; her 2003 novel ""The Great Fire"" won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, the Miles Franklin Award and the William Dean Howells Medal. Hazzard also wrote non-fiction, including two books based on her experiences working at the United Nations Secretariat, which were highly critical of the organisation. Hazzard was born in"
"Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for ""Oscar and Lucinda"", and won for the second time in 2001 with ""True History of the Kelly Gang"". In May 2008 he was nominated for the Best of"
"of life in the Australian bush. Notable Australian writers have included the novelists Marcus Clarke, Miles Franklin, Christina Stead, Patrick White, David Malouf, Thomas Keneally, Morris West, and Colleen McCullough; poets Henry Lawson, ""Banjo"" Paterson, C. J. Dennis, Dorothea Mackellar, and Mary Gilmore; historians Manning Clark and Geoffrey Blainey; children's authors P. L. Travers, May Gibbs, and Colin Thiele; and expatriate writers Robert Hughes, Clive James, and Germaine Greer. Notable contemporary Australian novelists and writers include Helen Garner, J. M. Coetzee, Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Alexis Wright and Geraldine Brooks. Australian writers who have obtained international renown include the Nobel-winning"
"Open Poetry. This was followed by the Order of Australia in 1998 for services to literature and international relations between Australia and the Middle East. Anne Fairbairn Anne Fairbairn, (B'ody, née Reid, born 1928) Member of the Order of Australia is a widely published Australian poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture. She is the only granddaughter of Australia's fourth Prime Minister, George Reid. In 1965, she married Geoffrey Forrester Fairbairn, a Professor in the Department of History at the Australian National University. Geoffrey died in London of lung cancer on 11 September 1980. Fairbairn has been known for her"
"example, fiction and philosophy) within the thought behind it. While generally regarded as a poet of the ‘natural’ world, he is often seen as a philosophical novelist, concerned in particular with the borders between ways of thinking and being. 2015/16 Australia Council Fellowship in Fiction Poem sequence (1978) - ""Winner"" 1978 University of Toronto E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize for Poetry ""The Cold Front"" (1983) - ""Winner"" 1983 FAW Anne Elder Poetry Award - ""Shortlisted"" 1983 NSW Premier’s Prize for poetry ""The House of Balthus"" (1995) - ""Shortlisted"" 2010 Australian Book Review Fan Poll - ""Shortlisted"" 1995 Aurealis Award for"
"Craig McGregor Craig McGregor (born 12 October 1933, in Jamberoo, New South Wales) is an Australian journalist, essayist, academic, cultural observer and critic. McGregor went to Cranbrook School, Sydney, leaving at 16 to work at the Sydney Morning Herald before studying arts at the University of Sydney. He has written books on Australian society, politics and popular culture, as well as two novels and a collection of short stories. He wrote the script for a section of the 1973 film ""Libido"" and co-wrote the 1976 rock opera ""Hero"". He has won two Walkley Awards for Journalism: in 1977 for Best"
"Book"", 1978). Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Philip Carey AO (born 7 May 1943) is an Australian novelist. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is frequently named as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Carey is one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice—the others being J. G. Farrell, J. M. Coetzee and Hilary Mantel. Carey won his first Booker Prize in 1988 for ""Oscar and Lucinda"", and won for the second time in 2001 with ""True History of the Kelly Gang"". In May 2008 he was nominated for the"
"authors include For other Australian literary awards, see List of Australian literary awards. Banjo Awards The National Book Council Banjo Awards were presented by the National Book Council of Australia from 1974 to 1997 for works of fiction and non-fiction. The name commemorates the bush poet Andrew Barton Banjo Paterson. The Council has enjoyed notable leadership including the Hon. Mr Justice Michael Kirby (judge) and Professor Michael Fraser (1991–1998). Many notable Australian writers have been recipients for this award, including Peter Carey, Tim Winton, Alan Gould, Liam Davison, Sally Morrison, and Roger McDonald. In 1978 Helen Garner was the first"
"me to rank beside it."" Francis King in The Sunday Telegraph said, ""I am increasingly convinced that he is one of the five novelists at present at work in our language who is truly possessed of greatness."" The Solid Mandala The Solid Mandala, the seventh published novel by Australian author Patrick White, Nobel Prize winner of 1973, first published in 1966. It details the story of two brothers, Waldo and Arthur Brown, with a focus on the facets of their symbiotic relationship. It is set in White's fictional suburb of Sarsaparilla, a setting he often employed in his other books,"
"laureate Sir Kazuo Ishiguro (Creative Writing, 1980), renowned German writer W. G. Sebald (PhD, 1973), Booker Prize winners, Ian McEwan (Creative Writing, 1971), and Anne Enright (Creative Writing, 1988); Costa Book Award (formerly Whitbread Award) winners Rose Tremain (Creative Writing, 1967), Andrew Miller (Creative Writing, 1991), David Almond (English Literature, 1993), Tash Aw (Creative Writing, 2003), Emma Healey (Creative Writing, 2011), Susan Fletcher (Creative Writing, 2002), Adam Foulds (Creative Writing, 2001), Avril Joy (History of Art, 1972) and Christie Watson (Creative Writing, 2009); and the Caine Prize winners Binyavanga Wainaina (MPhil, 2010), Helon Habila (PhD, 2008) and Henrietta Rose-Innes (PhD)."
"Anne Fairbairn Anne Fairbairn, (B'ody, née Reid, born 1928) Member of the Order of Australia is a widely published Australian poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture. She is the only granddaughter of Australia's fourth Prime Minister, George Reid. In 1965, she married Geoffrey Forrester Fairbairn, a Professor in the Department of History at the Australian National University. Geoffrey died in London of lung cancer on 11 September 1980. Fairbairn has been known for her work in bringing together Australian and Arab cultures for over 30 years through poetry. In 1995, she was awarded the Banjo Paterson Writing Award for"
"Asian Nobel laureate. He won his Nobel Prize in Literature for notable impact his prose works and poetic thought had on English, French, and other national literatures of Europe and the Americas. He is also the writer of the national anthems of Bangladesh and India. Other Asian writers who won Nobel Prize for literature include Yasunari Kawabata (Japan, 1968), Kenzaburō Ōe (Japan, 1994), Gao Xingjian (China, 2000), Orhan Pamuk (Turkey, 2006), and Mo Yan (China, 2012). Some may consider the American writer, Pearl S. Buck, an honorary Asian Nobel laureate, having spent considerable time in China as the daughter of"
"Award, Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards (2010). ""The Secret Keeper"": ""Sunday Times"" #1 bestseller, ""New York Times"" bestseller, winner of the General Fiction Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (2013), winner of the Christina Stead Award, Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards (2012), winner of ""The Courier-Mail"" People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year (2013). The Lake House: New York Times bestseller, #1 bestseller in Australia, ""Sunday Times"" #1 bestseller. Novels Kate Morton Kate Morton (born 1976) is an international bestselling Australian author. Morton has sold more than 10 million books in 42 countries, making"
"Order of Australia in the 1981 Australia Day Honours. He died in Melbourne. There is a bronze bust of him and a plaque in the Sandringham Municipal Library, Melbourne. Alan Marshall (Australian author) Alan Marshall , (2 May 1902 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian writer, story teller, humanist and social documenter. Marshall received the Australian Literature Society Short Story Award three times, the first in 1933. His best known book, ""I Can Jump Puddles"" (1955) is the first of a three-part autobiography. The other two books are ""This is the Grass"" (1962) and ""In Mine Own Heart"" (1963)."
"was shifted from the bush archetype to a more urban, inner-city setting: William Lane's ""The Working Man's Paradise"" (1892), Christina Stead's ""Seven Poor Men of Sydney"" (1934) and Ruth Park's ""The Harp in the South"" (1948) all depicted the harsh, gritty reality of working class Sydney. Patrick White's novels ""Tree of Man"" (1955) and ""Voss"" (1957) fared particularly well and in 1973 White was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. A new kind of literary realism emerged in the late twentieth century, helmed by Helen Garner's ""Monkey Grip"" (1977) which revolutionised contemporary fiction in Australia, though it has since emerged"